by toxicologist Ewa Daniél  Not necessarily. Food allergy and skin allergy (contact dermatitis) are two different types of allergies. Food allergy is what we call type 1 allergy and skin allergy is a type 4 allergy.  Read about their differences and why people with a food allergy towards almonds can use AllergyCertified products with almonds […]

By Kristina Vile, M.Sc. Molecular Biomedicin, AllergyCertified What is it? Salicylic Acid is an organic acid sometimes called a Beta-Hydroxy-Acid (BHA). It is probably best known as a compound that is chemically similar but not identical to the active component of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). salicylic acid occurs naturally in the bark of the willow tree, Salix […]